Wave-motor.



N0v 882,883. PATENTED MAR. 24 1908 W. E. HILLSON.

WAVE MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8,1907} 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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-No. 882,883. PATENTED MAR. 24; 1908.

W. B. HILLSON.

WAVE MOTOR.

APPLIG'ATION FILED AUG.8.1907- 2 SHEETSSHBET 2 WILLIAM E. HILLSON, OF CRANDON, WISCONSIN.

WAVE-MOTGB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented March 24, 1908.

Application filed August 8, 1907. Serial No. 387,686.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. HILLSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orandon, in the county of Forest and State of Wisconsin, have invented a certain new and useful Wave-Motor, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to wave motors or mechanical motors in which the power enerated is derived from the rising and ailing action of waves, the object of,the invention being to provide a simple, inexpensive and eiiicient device of the character referred to which may be anchored or held in any suitable way at a point where it will be subjected to the action. of the waves, and which, 111 its construction embodies a sectional float the sections of which have a relative movement to each other, such sectional float having combined therewith simple mechanism whereby the motion of the sections of the Heat is converted into rotary motion, the driven member being preferably in the form of a shaft from which the power may be taken oil' and delivered to a suitable point and utilized. I With tie above and other objects in view the nature oliwhich will more iuliy appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel constructicm, com bination and arrangement herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings:--i*igare 1 is a side elevation of the wave motor complete. Fig. 2 is an enlarged dctoii side eievation, eliciting the inechan.' For (on verting the movement of the iioat sections into rotary motionv Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the comforting niecl'ianism, and i ig. is a sectional end View of said nlcchani s m The wave motor contemplated in this invention min mises-1 n. iloat made up of o ph1- rality oi studious .i and 72, each oi which water in; it or buoyant, and these swtions connected togeth r by a hinge or pivot oint so that they may alternately and indopondcntly rise and fall. at their enter made, while the inner jointed ends thereof rise and fall together, as indicated in. Fig. 1. wherein the jointed connection or pivot is shown at 3. if desired one-of the sections may have a bow shaped end, while the other section has a stern shaped end, as shown in Fig. 1, at 4 and 5, respectively. The sections 1 and 2 may also be of any desired size and dimensions as to length and width to accomodate the mechanism hereinafter described.

Mounted in bearings in a suitable frame 6 on one of the float sections is a rotary power shaft 7, having fast thereon a pair of oppositely arran ed ratchet Wheels 8 and 9, while midway etween the ratchet wheels is a disk shaped guard wheel 10, which is also fast on the shaft. Between the wheels 10 and the ratchet wheels 8 and 9 are arranged pinions 1.1 and 12, carrying dogs or pawls 13, preferably backed by springs 14 and engag mg the teeth oi the ratchet Wheels, as shown. In connection with each of the pinions 11 and 12, i employ a rack, the two racks being designated 15 and 16, and under the referred embodiment of the invention t ese rise and fall under the action of the waves, due to their pivotai relation to each other,

the pitman will be actuated lengthwise and impart a cor. rack iramc. 'l'nis causes the racks l5 and id to actuate the pinions ii and i2, first one and thou the other, in the same direction,

4 -.d thereby acting upon the manner, the result being that in the s-i direction. The power thus iransnntird to the power shalt may be taken a in an .s by mounting a as shown in Fig. 4-, and the loved and taken oil may be drnwrcd by snitaoh-i connections to any desired point for any nerded purpose.

The nn-chanism above do: i may be dup icated, as shown in Fig. i, for simuitancoilsly driving two or more rotary shafts.

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In fact any desired number of sets of con' vr-rting mcchrullsms may be utilized, according to the size of the Heat sections and other conditions.

I clarion--- l. A wave motor comprising a sectional pending movement to the.

pom. shaft 7 is driven always float the sections of which are pivoted to one another, and rack and pinion converting mechanism mounted on said sections and embodying a pinion member mounted on one section, and a inion actuating rack connected with BIICF actuated by the adjoining float section.

2. A Wave motor comprising a sectional float the sections of which are pivoted to one another, and converting mechanism com-. prising a rotary member mounted on one ceases float section, a rigid stanchion on the adjoining section, a reclprocatlng member cooperatlng with the rotary member, and a con- 

